Vesuvius Vicinity: NS 1067 heads out of the siding onto the mainline at CP Vesuvius after having just met a northbound 12Z in the double track. Here, the train splits the N&W signals to head sout... (more)

NS 202 rounds the curve knocking down a clear signal at Stanley enroute for Hagerstown and eventually Harrisburg, PA.

With a fresh crew on board from Shenandoah, NS 202 blasts north at Acorn Hill in Bentonville on a quite muggy Summer morning.

Good as N&W: NS 1067, the Reading Heritage unit, that was just released from the shops in Altoona after getting washed and repainted, heads south through Stuarts Draft, Virginia, as NS 11Z contin... (more)

With paint so fresh you can still smell it, the Reading heritage unit rolls south on the Roanoke district at control point PKIN with train 11Z.

CSXT 6022 rolls past the shuttered Frank Phillips Power Plant in South Heights, PA. in June of 1993. Trains still roll thru here but the distinctive signals have been replaced and the power plant ... (more)

Under a plethora of stars on a clear Montana night, the Northern Pacific-era cantilevered signal announces the dispatcher’s decision to route a BNSF train west on Montana Rail Link’s main line... (more)

The sound of GE's in notch eight and squealing wheel flanges fill the night air as NS 15T grinds upgrade to Vaughn's Summit as they round the curve to a clear signal at CP Summit with the old Norf... (more)

Fresh from a meet with 15T at Lipscomb NS V84 knock down a clear signal at CP Waynetex coming into Waynesboro in golden morning light.

At 8:20 a.m. the morning of September 1, 2003, Burlington Northern Santa Fe’s V KCMPTL 29 blows by the mile 207.2 semaphores at Donlan, Montana. In the left seat of this former Santa Fe GP50 is... (more)

NYSW 3012 leads SU99 west past the station at Newfoundland.

Northbound CSX M652-05, with the CSX 3194, Honoring Law Enforcement engine in the lead, splits the signal at Chestoa, coming out of the Nolichucky River Gorge into Erwin.

Peaking South NS 1072, the Illinois Terminal heritage unit, heads south through the old N&W signals at control point Pkin, located about 15 miles south of Stuarts Draft, VA. Seen in the backgroun... (more)

Worming Toward the End: NS 1072, the Illinois Terminal heritage unit, leads NS 13Z down old N&W territory as the train passes the CPLs in Cloverdale, VA, as they continue their journey south tow... (more)

Glowing South: NS 1072, the Illinois Terminal heritage unit, leads NS 13Z down old N&W territory, as the train passes the famed CPLs in Arcadia, VA as they continue their journey south toward Roa... (more)